The COUNSELING ON THE UTILIZATION OF AVOCADO SEEDS AS ANTI-BACTERIAL IN HAND SANITIZER PREPARATIONS
Keywords:
antibacterial, avocado, counseling, extract, , seed, hand sanitizerAbstract
Currently, biological wealth has been widely utilized in life, including as supplement products, traditional medicines, cosmetics, antiseptics, and other products. Plants that are used as conventional medicines have properties such as anti-diabetic, anti-cholesterol, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial drugs. One of the plants that has many properties, is the avocado plant, avocado pulp besides being edible is also used in cosmetics as skin moisturizing, avocado leaves have the property of lowering blood pressure and uric acid levels and as an antioxidant. The avocado seed also has antibacterial activity. The market also has avocado seed oil available. While in general the community only utilizes avocado pulp, the avocado seed itself is not processed and becomes household waste which is organic waste. By utilizing organic waste, the quality of life is expected to be better and more efficient. So it is necessary to carry out community service activities in the form of counseling on the use of avocado seed extract as an antibacterial in hand sanitizer preparations. So that the results of this activity can increase knowledge and increase community insight into processing plants that have the potential as traditional medicines and apply them in everyday life.